funnel
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As a means of crowd control, the National Park Service has attempted to funnel people out of the valley, where the majority of tourists spend their time and into its less frequented locations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Specifically, the court noted that existing disclosure laws and rules about earmarking donations already act as disincentives for donors hoping to use parties as a means to indirectly funnel money to candidates.
From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2026
A robust banking system and wide availability of nonbank financing helped funnel capital to startups and other ventures, allowing them to sustain losses for longer periods as their businesses matured.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 28, 2026
Most museums funnel visitors through the gift shop after seeing a special exhibit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
A towering funnel of smoke gradually drifted over us.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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But versatility is also a lost art — collateral damage during the construction of the pipeline that directly funnels social media stars to the screen.
From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2026
Marketing shifted from campaign bursts to always‑on funnels and A/B testing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 22, 2025
Palantir began as a defense contractor and has since found other customers selling a platform that funnels data into simple dashboards that use artificial intelligence to aid decision-making.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2025
Over that time, more than $1 billion has gone unclaimed, she said, “and that all funnels to schools.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2024
Black smoke began to billow out of the red, white, and blue funnels.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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In 2003, McLeod’s patrons funneled more than $100,000 through The Fellowship to compensate him.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2026
Those institutional orders will get funneled through S&P Global’s Equity Bookbuild platform.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
This evolution was thanks to a daring business move from Huang, who funneled the profits Nvidia generated from its gaming business to develop a software layer called Compute Unified Device Architecture, or CUDA.
From MarketWatch ● May 23, 2026
According to prosecutors, McCluskie, Williamson, and another consultant skimmed $225,000 from one of Becerra’s dormant campaign accounts and funneled it to McCluskie through various entities.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
Fifteen feet deep and miles and miles long, Miami’s canals funneled freshwater from the Everglades and rainwater from regular storms through the city and out to the sea.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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He told BBC Scotland News a lack of a "meaningful queuing structure" saw thousands of fans funnelled through "a series of bottlenecks and pinch points".
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
Millions more were funnelled into art by Claude Monet and Vincent van Gogh, a private jet, and the production of the Hollywood movie "The Wolf of Wall Street" by Najib's stepson.
From Barron's ● Dec. 25, 2025
Businessman Mr Low, who funnelled money to Michel, was accused of stealing about $4bn from Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund during the infamous 1MDB scandal.
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2025
Rijkenberg told parliament the money received from the United States was funnelled into the account of Eswatini's disaster agency, NDMA.
From Barron's ● Nov. 17, 2025
Lo! here her progeny of steel and steam, A funnelled monster at her mooring swings: Still, in our hearts, we see her pennant stream, And "Well done, 'Captain'," like a trumpet rings.
From In Flanders Fields and Other Poems by Macphail, Andrew, Sir
Individual traders are increasingly funneling money into companies that make the chips, cooling systems and electric power that AI requires.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Anthropic, despite its push to source as much compute as possible, may decide to stop funneling its cash to a rival.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 27, 2026
In a dark room, a doctor pointed to an hourglass shape glowing on the ultrasound screen: There was her amniotic sac, funneling into her dilated cervix, and there was their tiny daughter’s foot, dipping out.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
The couple was accused of funneling millions from the law firm to prop up Erika’s music career.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026
The hills on either side of a cove would direct the water right down the middle, funneling it toward the village.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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He said high pressure over Europe was funnelling hot air north from northern Africa, with the weather system hindering cloud formation.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
The cardinal was also accused of funnelling vast sums of money to his home diocese of Sardinia, some of which reportedly benefited his family.
From BBC ● Dec. 16, 2023
Helsinki says Moscow is funnelling them to the border, a charge the Kremlin denies.
From Reuters ● Nov. 24, 2023
Mr Jones - who has declared both personal and business bankruptcy - has been accused of funnelling money to friends and family in an attempt to hide his assets.
From BBC ● May 29, 2023
"Listen and believe!" he cried; and funnelling his hands about his lips, he stooped over the central hole.
From At a Winter's Fire by Capes, Bernard Edward Joseph
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